Mabel Anna (Clement) Matgen (1913 - 2000)

Born 8 Jun 1913 in Remsen, Iowa

Wife of Werner H. Matgen — married 24 Dec 1941 in Dakota City, Dakota, Nebraska, United States

Died 31 Oct 2000 at age 87 in LeMars, Iowa

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MABEL A. MATGEN LE MARS, Iowa --- Mabel Anna Matgen, 87, of LeMars, died Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2000, at Floyd Valley Hospital in LeMars.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at Grace Lutheran Church in LeMars, with the Rev. Larry Fett officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Cemetery. Visitation will be after 2 p.m. today, with a prayer service at 6:30 p.m., at Mauer-Johnson Funeral Home in LeMars.

Mrs. Matgen was born June 8, 1913, near Remsen, Iowa, the daughter of Theodore Karl and Pauline (Stehr) Clement. She was raised on the family farm and attended country school near her home. She then helped area families with housework and child care.

She married Werner Matgen on Dec. 24, 1941, in Dakota City. She was employed as dietician with Plymouth Life for several years and later with Plymouth Manor until her retirement. Her husband died March 28, 1977. She continued to live in LeMars. In 1997, she entered Plymouth Manor.

She was a member of Grace Lutheran Church and was active in Lydia Circle. She enjoyed quilting, crocheting, cross stitching and traveling.

Survivors include six nieces and nephews, Donita and her husband, Bob Cooper, of LeMars; Wendell Blankenship of Des Moines; Denny Blankenship and his wife, Garnet, of Sioux City; Debbie Kurth of LeMars; Corinne and her husband, Hal Russell, of Fort Collins, Colo.; and Dan Clement and his wife, Judy, of LeMars; 14 grandnieces and grandnephews; and nine great grandnieces and great grandnephews.

She was preceded in death by two brothers, Wilbert and Eldon Clement; and a sister, Edna Blankenship.

Pallbearers will be Jay Kurth, Bryson and Josh Russell, Joe and Adam Cooper and Curt Blankenship.

Source: The Sioux City Journal

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MABEL ANN CLEMENT MATGEN

Birth: Jun. 8, 1913 Remsen Plymouth County Iowa, USA Death: Oct. 31, 2000 Le Mars Plymouth County Iowa, USA

Mabel married Werner Henry Matgen on December 24, 1941 in Dakota City, Iowa.

Family links: Parents: Theodore Carl Clement (1884 - 1936) Mary Celica Stehr Clement (1889 - 1968)

Spouse: Werner Henry Matgen (1913 - 1977)

Burial: Memorial Cemetery Le Mars Plymouth County Iowa, USA

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